talk!!
We're now back in Corvallis at Eric and Jenney's. We spent the last
two days camping with four other families at Cascadia State Park, and
Kai had a blast!! He is such a happy-go-lucky baby in general. The
only time he gets cranky and difficult is when he gets tired. But he's
such a friendly, sociable, and happy little guy. He loves to play with
kids and dogs, and he's okay with other adults holding him as long as
Mommy or Daddy is there too. He talks to everyone and everything (we
thought he was talking to the trees and waterfall when we went on the
hike this morning), and his goofy "Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo" laugh made
everyone around him laugh.
This 10-and-a-half-month old has gained all kinds of experience in the
last two days: played in the river, had dinner by the camp fire,
played with some doggies, went after some 3-, 4-, and 5- year-olds,
slept in a tent, played in the tent and fell between one side of the
tent and the air mattress, crawled in mud, picked little pieces of
wood off the ground, tried to eat some fussy moss, hiked in a backpack
carrier and saw a waterfall and... last but not least, got in a tube
and went down the river with Daddy!
And the only time he wasn't sure if he liked it was when he went down
some rapids in the river in the tube with Daddy. However, it could
also be (a) it was 1.5 hours past nap time, and he was exhausted, and/
or (b) he couldn't really move in his brand new life jacket, and the
sun was directly in his eyes. Other than that, this amazing travel bug
strived in all the new experiences. In fact, he did so well that
sometimes it's easy to forget that he's only a baby!! He can't even
walk on his own yet, and he's already gone river-tubing.
Bill and I are mentally (and we really should physically as well)
preparing ourselves for the day he starts walking on his own. Nothing
can stop this adventurous little guy then. Look out, world! Here comes
Kai Kai!!
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